Number worksheet — GCSE Foundation

1.A gym increases its membership price by 1/5. The original price is £60. Work out the new price.

2.The number of visitors to a museum on Saturday is given as 1,800, correct to the nearest 100. Which of these could not be the actual number of visitors?

3.A flight departs at 21:35 and lands at 06:10 the following morning. Work out the total flight time.

4.A café sells ice cream in three flavours: vanilla, mango and pistachio. Isla buys a cone with two scoops, using two different flavours, one for the bottom scoop and one for the top scoop. Work out how many different cones she could buy.

5.A cube-shaped storage tank has a volume of 15,625 cubic centimetres. Work out the length of one edge of the tank.

6.A plane flies 2340 km at an average speed of 780 km/h. It departs at 08:20. Work out the arrival time, using the 24-hour clock.

7.The length of a pencil is 8.4 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. Using L for the length of the pencil in centimetres, write down the error interval for L.

8.Write these three numbers in order, starting with the smallest: 3/5, 0.55, 58%

9.A washing machine costs £320 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. Work out the total price including VAT.

10.2/3 of an amount of money is £30. Work out the amount.

11.A circle has a radius of 3 cm. Which of these is the exact area of the circle?

12.A car travels 180 km using 6 litres of fuel. Work out the car's fuel consumption in kilometres per litre, then work out how many kilometres it can travel on a full tank of 12 litres at this rate.

13.Work out (3 × 10²) × (2 × 10⁵). Give your answer in standard form.

14.A tin of beans has a mass of 650 g. A bag of rice has a mass of 1.35 kg. Work out the total mass, in kilograms.

15.A photography studio offers 4 backdrops and 3 outfits for a portrait session. The plain grey backdrop, one of the 4 backdrops, cannot be used with the formal suit outfit, one of the 3 outfits. Work out how many different backdrop-and-outfit combinations are possible.